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President of Estonia
Nov 26, 2022 4 tweets 4 min read
Hunger cannot be a weapon of war, I emphasized at the 1st #GrainFromUkraine summit - an initiative of President @ZelenskyyUa.
Yet millions of people around the world suffer severely from #Russia’s aggression against #Ukraine that deepens global food insecurity & hunger.
More: Ukraine has a memory of a deadly man-made Great Famine #Holodomor that took the lives of millions. Created by Stalin’s policies, the totalitarian system sought to erase the memory of the famine along with its victims. Today we commemorate the people who died 90 years ago.
Nov 18, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
On the plenary session of #HFX2022 I outlined main elements of a long-term strategy the Euro-Atlantic community needs now. 1: The strategy should not take the fear of what happens when Russia is defeated as a starting point.
Nov 25, 2021 6 tweets 4 min read
We, the Presidents of #Poland, #Lithuania, #Latvia and #Estonia express our concern regarding historical revisionism in #Russia and specifically the possible closure of #Memorial. #Memorial is one of the oldest independent organizations involved in defending human rights in Russia and documenting Stalinist crimes across the whole former Soviet area.